Validity-Recent Proposals

Borsboom, D., Mellenbergh, G. J., & van Heerden, J. (2004). The concept of validity. Psychological Review, 111(4), 1061–1071. Download Borsboom, D., Mellenbergh, G. J., & van Heerden, J. (2004). The concept of validity. Psychological Review, 111(4), 1061–1071. Download Borsboom, D., Mellenbergh, G. J., & van Heerden, J. (2004). The concept of validity. Psychological Review, 111(4), 1061–1071.

Bornstein, R. F. (2011). Toward a process-focused model of test score validity: Improving psychological assessment in science and practice. Psychological Assessment, 23, 532-544.

Embretson (Whitely), S. (1983). Construct validity: Construct representation versus nomothetic span. Psychological Bulletin, 93, 179-197.

Flake, J. K., Pek, J., & Hehman, E. (2017). Construct validation in social and personality research: Current practice and recommendations. Social Psychological and Personality Science,

Hogan, R. & Nicholson, R. A. (1988). The meaning of personality test scores. American Psychologist, 43, 621-626.

Kane, M. T. (2013). Validating the interpretations and uses of test scores.Journal of Educational Measurement, 50, 1–73. Download Kane, M. T. (2013). Validating the interpretations and uses of test scores.Journal of Educational Measurement, 50, 1–73.

Messick, S. (1995). Validity of psychological assessment: Validation of inferences from persons’ responses and performances as scientific inquiry into score meaning. American Psychologist, 50, 741-749. Download Messick, S. (1995). Validity of psychological assessment: Validation of inferences from persons’ responses and performances as scientific inquiry into score meaning. American Psychologist, 50, 741-749.

Revelle, W. (2023, July). The seductive beauty of latent variable models: or why I don’t believe in the Easter Bunny. Based on the Distinguished Contribution Lecture to the International Society for the Study of Individual Differences. To be published in PAID.